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yogitunes

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unfortunately I was thrown to the side of a dark country road on Saturday......it was late at night and pouring down rain, crying as I was destined for the junk heap, wondering if I will ever be of use again, or come back as a toaster!....

it was close to midnight when these bright headlights passed me by, and suddenly stopped and backed up.....oh no, here's a scrapper, and the soon end to my fate....

as I was loaded and strapped into a dark vehicle, I was shaking in my suspension as I was about to be stripped of my parts and junked....could it possibly end like this!....

we drove for a while, and then came to a final stop where I was unloaded, covered in blankets as I could not see where I was heading next, but felt the hug of an appliance dolly, hoisting me on my back, and then placed into a well lit room.....

I thought, here we go, the tools came out, and the dismantling will begin.....but not exactly, my back panel was removed, and hoses and cord were hooked up.....I could spin at this point, but not at high speed......then water was added, and I piddled on the floor.....giving up hope, I know I am heading for the corner for a time out......

I appeared gray all over from years of abuse, but there was this spray shot all over me, and suddenly this rubbing and scrubbing was tearing off years of dirt, wondering what was going on....is there some hope for my parts?....will I be bright white again?.....

resting right now on 'life support'.....and deciding my fate......but it appears I am going to be rebuilt, or at least patched up....may not be Top of the Line again, but will give it one last shot of happiness.....

still wondering who this guy is that has saved me.....and will I be safe here, or will I be adopted out to a loving home.....stay tuned...and pray for me....

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I even have an updated version of the spotscrubber valve, it just pinches the regular hose to shut it off, not like the complicated flex valve of before...simple, but very effective.....

the bad news so far.....needed a new pump, the clutch needs a rebuild, and drain hoses are split, and theres a small rust perforation at the filter inlet at the bottom of the outter tub.....otherwise, he's looks to be rebuildable...so far, everything else works.....just in rough shape at the moment.....

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OMG!!!

This is the exact model Goldie Hawn's maid used in the laundry room of their TriBeCa loft in her dramatic movie "Deceived"!!
 
Well...

I never cared much about the white-on-white consoles on the GE FF line. And how did that splash guard get so badly eaten? Sewer-Shark?

Malcolm
 
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him!...

yeah, the white on white is a distraction from all the lettering, some are hidden, especially when printed in gray....like under the spotscrubber knob, it mentions 'mini basket only', almost invisible...the black panels with all the colors seem to pop....

and not sure what happen to the splash shield.....all brittle and broke apart....makes you wonder, what the heck were they washing....

you know, when that filter flo shuts off, its a very quiet smooth running machine....

you have to wonder that some machines seem to cry, HELP ME!....I have found machines older, but in better condition to start with....odd thing is there were no houses around, just on the side of a long empty road in the middle of nowhere.....as if he was just wandering along with his suitcase, and no where to go...poor thing

yes, that rolled steel inner tub was a very interesting article.....and loved how they rolled them into seamless smooth perfection.....you don't find that now with most machines, the seam line is in plain sight...
 
sorry if I startled a few of you guys......

it was sort of through the eyes of the machine.......some are lost souls, in search and hopes of a better home.....as so many hidden treasures, we didn't find them, tHEy found us!...

one man's JUNK, is another man's TREASURE!

so far he's got a few holes in his outter tub....that is going to take some serious patching...I have a few ideas, I am not giving up hope on him yet....I like the POR15, but also the epoxy and fiberglass patches have worked in the past....he has had a hard life....amazing how people let machines get this bad....
 
I hear that.....

Those old wasteyards of appliances from yesteryear have seem to disappeared themselves what with today's "disposable" appliances.
My story about the new dishwasher in my thread is similar after seeing the house that it's in, that it would be scrap to most people who cannot comprehend their value.
And the poor house will soon be all ugly hardwood floors and cold granite countertops with sterile stainless steel electronic appliances.
Heck, the house itself I would love to own and preserve as it IS.
But alas, there are some of us that these machines do in fact "speak to" and can't be left alone to rot away possibly missing it's companion dryer who died a nasty and violent death years ago in a lint fire, thus charring my own console and scarring parts of me as I desperately tried to 'offbalace' my spins so I could THRUST water on her with the fullest of my 1/2 horsepower belt-driven motor's strength.
But in the end, I could not save her...she, she suffocated and was so messed up that she wasn't even good enough for spare parts-just a big old, (sob) CRUSHER! Ahhhaaahhhaaa....Oh the pain!
But, as for me. I am here, now, today, and still alive. Because somebody CARED about me :)
 
nice save there yogitunes!!!

i too felt my stomach drop when i read the title of this thread!!!
and i also enjoyed reading the "SpotScrubber's" story.
too cute!!!

and it looks like you've cleaned his cabinet up nicely.

:o)
 
Maybe his family found out that he is "different" and threw him out rather than invest some TLC in him because they did not understand what a treasure he could be or appreciate all of his talents. Martin was just the guy to find him.
 

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